Have a phone? Take a picture! That’s the way most of us take photos these days. But photography remains a creative art mastered by only a select few. The IMF-World Bank International Photographic Society (IPS) has long nurtured the creativity and skill of photographers in our two institutions. This week however, the photo society celebrates its…

Picture this! You submit your photo to a competition hoping for some recognition and on the night of the ceremony, your name is called as having won the first prize. You walk up to receive your prize, in shock and surprise. It’s a surreal moment! Estelle Doro had firsthand experience at the opening of last…

On a hot summers day, this past August, it was refreshing to sit in the Starbucks cafe across the street and chat with Marta Gonzalez. Marta is the overall winner of the 2018 IPS photo exhibition for her photograph “Irony”. Qn: Tell me a little about yourself and how you started on this photography journey.…

The World Bank Art Program and the International Photographic Society exhibited a selection of images from the IPS Annual Photography Exhibition. The photographs represent a selection out of 130 images, by the winning photographers of the monthly competitions, during the 2016/2017 IPS season. Six of the photographs presented won an Honorable Mention Award at the…